Sahibganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sahibganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sahibganj plotted against Jharkhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sahibganj rose steadily, compared to Jharkhand which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sahibganj's incremental SNDi rose from 6.38 to 7.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sahibganj ranked 38th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 1397th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.31
- Rank in India
- 1603rd of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 41st of 46
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.71
- Rank in India
- 1397th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 38th of 46
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Middelburg, South Africa
- Engels, Russia
- 马家, China
- Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Kendrapara, India
- Jinghai, China
While Middelburg and Sunderland both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Sahibganj built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sahibganj and Middelburg have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.